On France’s National Day, after an extensive tour of France, the energy of the Olympic Flame finally touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of Parisians.

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On France’s National Day, after an extensive tour of France, the energy of the Olympic Flame finally touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of Parisians.
The average resident of Oxford or Cambridge probably doesn’t fancy themselves as having much in common with Peter Hitchens, the great Jeremiah of British reaction. But this week...
US nonfarm payrolls added 467,000 jobs in January, easily beating expectations. The January data reflects annual benchmark revisions, as well as updates to seasonal adjustments....
In this very special series of exclusive articles for The Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary 50-year life in real estate....
Originally published November 2021. Back in the mists of my own pre-history, I was given the The Big Book of Egypt on an early birthday. It was full of drawings, diagrams and...
Originally published November 2021. What could possibly go wrong? “Africa has a significant role to play in the energy transition. We are home to a third of the world’s mineral...
The Japanese housing depreciation dilemma. While Japan shares many characteristics of the West – a democratic political system and capitalist economic system – one area that...
Re-alignment in a post-Covid world Despite successful vaccination programmes and economic support policies, Covid-19 continues to impact our real estate markets. As the pandemic...
In this very special series of exclusive articles for The Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary 50-year life in real estate....
When a clumsy attempt to muzzle German business journalists backfires. We always get slightly nervous at REFIRE when Germany goes all bullish on the stock market. It's not that...